Aline G. Gillett
Funeral services for Aline G. Gillett, 83, of Beaumont, will be held Wednesday, July 18, at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with interment to follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. A gather of friends and family will be held on Tuesday, July 17, between 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home
Mrs. Gillett, who was born April 12, 1924 in Deweyville, TX to Allen and Oliva Craig, moved to Beaumont in 1925 and died July 16, 2007 in Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital. She was graduated from French High School in 1941 and remained active in planning and participating in their class reunions. Mrs. Gillett was a devoted daughter and a caring caregiver for her parents. She was very self-sufficient, and a member of Cathedral in the Pines. Her greatest loves were her grandchildren, her flower garden and travel.
Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Skipper Richard Gillett of Onolaska, TX; one paternal granddaughter, Charity Gillett Hein; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, and many friends, and one sister, Billie Craig Hodge of Beaumont. She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband, R. E. Gillett.